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Lorton Heusel Papers
The Heusel Papers reflect Lorton Heusel's career, Quaker concerns and activities from the 1950s to the 1990s, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and theological differences among Friends. It contains correspondence, notes, sermons and funeral remarks, scrapbooks, and publications.
Louis and Mary Ruth Jones Collection
The Louis and Mary Ruth Jones Collection reflects the lives of several generations of Quaker families—Jones, Mather, Evans, Newlin, Brown, White, Parker, and others—in Pennsylvania, the Carolinas, and especially Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and Kansas between 1800 and 2000. Of special interest are extensive materials on the establishment of Quakerism in Cuba through the work of Louis Jones’s parents, Sylvester and Mae (Mather) Jones.
Louis J. Francisco Autobiography
One chapter of a typescript, dealing with reminiscences of Quaker relatives, in Richmond, Indiana, and adjacent areas, by Louis J. Francisco (1884-1949). Louis J. Francisco, son of Charles A. and Hannah (Dickinsonj) Francisco, was a native of Richmond, Indiana, who died in San Francisco. Through his mother he was related to several prominent Indiana Quaker families. He was a student at Earlham 1898-1901.
Louise Allender Stinetorf Collection
The Stinetorf Collection consists of five scrapbooks assembled by Stinetorf, containing correspondence with publishers, editors, and agents, fan mail, contrasts, reviews, and other material dealing with her writings, along with a number of book an short story manuscripts. Also included are copies of many of her short stories and poems. There are a few photographs, apparently taken for publicity purposes in the 1950s. The earliest material dates from 1940, the latest from about 1966.
Loula (Howell) Thomas Papers
Lucretia Mott Collection
Memorabilia of Lucretia (Coffin) Mott (1793-1880), Quaker minister, feminist, and reformer of Philadelphia. The collection consists of three photographs of Mott, an inscription written in 1878, and a letter written by Mott in 1846.
Lucy Plummer Wright Papers
Letters to Lucy Plummer of Salem and McComb, Ohio, from young female friends. Lucy (Plummer) Wright (1837-1875), daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Plummer, married David Wright in 1861. A native of Pennsylvania, she died in Hancock County, Ohio.
Luke Woodard Papers
Luke Woodard (1832-1925) was a central figure in the transformation of American Quakerism in the late nineteenth century. This collection of diaries, correspondence, scrapbooks, and clippings documents his career from his teenage years until his death.